Breitling Dive Watches

For perfectly good reasons, an ambassador announcement rarely elicits more than an eye roll in the watch world, but when a brand partnership is done right, and for the right reasons, everyone stands to get something out of it – including watch fans. Thankfully, Breitling’s recently assembled “Surfer Squad” is surprisingly shaping up to fall in the latter camp, at least in my book, with the debut of the new Breitling Superocean Heritage II Chronograph 44 Outerknown edition watch.

As an interesting limited edition watch for the United States, this Breitling Chronomat 44 watch will be limited to just 50 pieces and bear the Great Seal of the United States along with the message "Breitling for America. United We Stand" on the rear of the watch.

Date back to 1966, the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) built an investigation committee for diving equipment, including dive watches, which back then were deemed not only “a vital part” of the diver’s equipment, but obviously also the most troublesome.

It has been noticed that designer Niklas Bergenstjerna re-imagines some modern dive watches with a vintage bronzed look. Initially inspired by the Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition Dive Watch, Niklas imagined what some some contemporary divers would look like if bronze were the material of choice rather than steel.

After the trend of big-sized watches finally peaked, the market has shown a shift in interest to rather slimmed-down cases. Breitling has overtly played along, but it does so in its own uncompromising way.

This week, we’ll show you an overview of the Top 10 divers watches, according to the demand from the United States as well as from Europe. The criteria for a divers watch in these Top 10 divers watches overviews, are a water resistance of at least 200 meters.

“Much have I traveled in the realms of gold...” wrote John Keats in “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer,” a hymn to the joys of discovering great poetry.

Lovers of mechanical watches could experience a similar reaction upon first encountering a few exalted examples of the species: the Omega Seamaster, Rolex Daytona or the Patek Philippe Nautilus. Another watch capable of stoking the emotions, Breitling’s SuperOcean, has this year undergone a transformation without diluting its ability to lift the spirit.

The watch world’s enduring love of all things retro is not exactly classified information. But the revival of interest in “proper” watches has seen a trend for new models that look purposefully, deceptively old-fashioned.